Leominster man held on $15,000 bail on attempted-murder charge

LEOMINSTER -- A Mechanic Street man is being held on $15,000 cash bail after being arraigned Monday on two counts of attempted murder, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest.

Officers responded to the area of 209 Mechanic St., on Sunday for a report of assistance needed via radio by Officer Michael Deluca, who said "he has my gun, need help."

Officer Carlos Cintron and other officers immediately responded to the area, where they saw a crowd had begun to form in the street. They could heard multiple voices coming from within the residence, telling the occupants to "stop fighting, relax, stop resisting," according to a police report written by Cintron.

While officers attempted to place the suspect, later identified as Jose Cristales of 209 Mechanic St., under arrest, he began kicking and screaming and resisting arrest, court documents show.

Deluca told the responding officers that while he was attempting to place Cristales in handcuffs, Cristales jumped on him, placed his hand on Deluca's firearm, opened the holster and attempted to take Deluca's gun out.

Officers were eventually able to subdue Cristales and transport him to the police station.

A woman at the address told officers Cristales gets very jealous, and had placed his hands around her neck and applied pressure and shook her body.

Cristales told her if she called police, he would stab himself with a kitchen knife and say she did it. He has three separate default warrants out of Clinton District Court.

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He is due back in court March 13 for a pretrial hearing.

Leominster police: Woman was disorderly at bar

LEOMINSTER -- A Pearl Street woman was arraigned in Leominster District Court on Monday on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and possession of class C and E drugs after allegedly causing a scene outside JC Fenwick's this weekend.

Officer Brandon Fleming was driving down Mechanic Street on patrol when he saw a woman outside, later identified as Luz A. Biegen, of 50 Pearl St., basement apartment, waiving her arms and yelling at the bar's manager. The manager told Fleming that Biegen had one drink while there and became belligerent toward staff. When officers attempted to place her in handcuffs, she initially resisted.

During booking, officers found two separate pills in her possession for which she did not have prescriptions. She was released on personal recognizance with the promise to return to court March 24 for a pretrial hearing.

Fitchburg woman charged with assaulting boyfriend

FITCHBURG -- Police reports say a Fitchburg woman was charged with assaulting her boyfriend during an argument.

On Sunday, Megan Mobley, 27, of 76 Sunrise Ave., called police to say her boyfriend had hit her and stolen her van. Upon arrival at her home, police found the boyfriend sitting in the van in the driveway. He cooperated with police and said they had an argument, and she started pushing him then slapping him. Police could see red marks on his face.

When police went to the door, they reported that an intoxicated Mobley answered the door and said nothing was the matter. When asked about her 911 call, she called the police officer a liar and said she never called. She proceeded to yell and scream, and police did not see any marks on her.

After police arrested Mobley, she allegedly swore and made inappropriate comments throughout the booking process. She was charged with assault and battery and arraigned in Fitchburg District Court on Monday. She was released on personal recognizance and is next scheduled to appear in court on April 1.

N.H. bank-robbery suspect nabbed in Leominster

LEOMINSTER (AP) -- Police in Massachusetts have arrested a New Hampshire man they allege committed one bank robbery and was planning another. State police on Sunday morning Eric Lord, 43, of Greenville, N.H., in Leominster. Authorities allege that Lord robbed a TD Bank branch in New Ipswich, N.H., on Friday. State police think Lord was planning to rob a bank in the Leominster-Fitchburg area. They said Lord was found at a commercial property "prior to his having the opportunity to carry out the additional robbery." Lord was arraigned Monday in Leominster District Court on a single charge of being a fugitive from justice. He was held on $25,000 cash bail.

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